Samurai of the Takeda Family

The 424th chapter seven tails under the city

In the eyes of outsiders, such as Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin, it is insignificant to capture a small Sado country with a height of 15,000 shi. Instead, it is absolutely undesirable to send troops to defend the island and waste manpower. way of doing.

For example, Kenshin Uesugi would rather use soldiers in a **** battle with Kanto and Shinano for many years after the unification of Echigo, but he never expected to send a soldier to Sado, where the bird does not shit.

But now Li Xiao's mood for the fall of Sado can only be described as overjoyed.

This is no less inferior to capture the joy of Noto.

Since the discovery of mining, Sado Kinzan has been an important source of wealth for the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. During the period from Keicho to Kanei, Sado Kinzan had its most prosperous year, with an output of 400 kilograms of gold and 40 tons of silver.

The data of silver alone can be defeated in the same period, Settsu Domestic Ikuno Ginzan (maximum annual output of seven tons of silver), Tada Ginzan (maximum annual output of 10 tons of silver).

Only Japan's No. 1 Ginzan Ishimi Ginzan can beat Sado Jinshan with a constant annual output of 38 tons of silver. At that time, the world's silver production was estimated to be only 200 tons a year.

As for gold production, during the Edo period, Japan was only able to match the newly developed Kurokawa Jinshan. At that time, the gold output of Kurokawa Jinshan was about 100 guan (that is, three hundred and seventy-five kilograms).

In the mid-Edo period, the output of Sado Jinshan declined slightly, but it was still the largest Jinshan in Japan and one of the few silver mountains.

At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate produced the gold and silver produced by Sado Kinzan, and was forged by Jinza Ginza in Edo as the money supply of Keicho gold and silver, and a large amount of raw silk was exchanged from China.

After the Meiji Restoration, Sado Kinzan returned to the royal family. In the 29th year of Meiji (2016), Mitsubishi Corporation formally took over Sado Kinzan. It was not exhausted until 19**.

So in other words, Li Xiao owned Sado Jinshan, and quite at the same time owned Iwami Ginzan and Kurokawa Jinshan, the two largest gold and silver mines in Japan at the time.

This does not include the Shengang Silver Mountain that Li Xiao now owns. When Shengang Silver Mountain was mined by the Mitsui chaebol in history, the total silver output was 7,500 tons in 130 years.

However, the development of Shengang Yinshan was late, and the mining technology was more mature than that of the Warring States period two hundred years ago, so it is not surprising that the annual output is high, so the reputation is not so big.

After acquiring Sado Jinshan, Li Xiao had a general idea.

Sado Jinshan is absolutely to keep it secret, whether it is Uesugi Kenshin, Li Dan, the Ming country marine merchants headed by Li Dan, and the Takeda family must keep it secret.

If they learn about the existence of Sado Jinshan, it will definitely be a big trouble for Li Xiao.

Kenshin Uesugi will not allow such a huge amount of gold and silver trade to be in the hands of enemy countries.

As for Li Dan and the marine merchants of Ming Dynasty, they are definitely greedy people, not to mention Sado Jinshan, even Shengang Yinshan, Li Xiao also guessed that they are still very interested in this.

The most worrying is the family. Once Sado Jinshan's secrets are leaked, even if Takeda Katsuyori trusts Li Xiao again, he will definitely take Sado Jinshan back. Even if Katsuyoshi doesn't take it, the Takeda family's retainers will definitely have opinions.

Unless Li Xiao wants to be self-reliant and mess up now, the secret of Sado Jinshan must be kept inside and outside.

So he decided to close the Sado Jinshan on the spot, and prohibit all boats from entering and leaving the island, even the Sado fishermen also told them to stop going to sea.

If someone doesn't follow this point, Li Xiao can only use an iron fist. Killing is not possible. The mining of Sado Jinshan requires at least 1,500 people. Li Xiao still needs to fill this gap.

As for the external interpretation, it was claimed that Sado was used as an exile for sinners, and therefore the inside and outside were closed.

Of course, Li Xiao did have this plan. He decided to dispense Sado to mine mines for all those who committed capital crimes in the generals, or those who had different intentions.

As for the output of Sado Jinshan, he has made arrangements.

He planned to continue to let Portugal and Ming Dynasty maritime merchants transport the silver goods produced by Sado Jinshan to Ming Dynasty in exchange for raw silk and copper coins.

Li Xiaoling originally used the silver production of Shengang Yinshan to be rich, so that Portugal and Mingguo marine merchants benefited a lot from it. Now that the silver production is further increased, the other party may be happy with the money. Doubt, but it can also explain the past.

As for gold, Li Xiao intends to digest it from the inside, and go directly to the Japanese mainland through the passage of Shioya Qiuzhen.

However, it is not rushed. It will take some time. According to Li Xiao's expectation that after the Tibetan Changan arrives in Sado, Sado Jinshan will have to wait until the end of the year to start operation and output at the earliest.

The best estimate is that it will take three to five years to reach the peak mining volume in the history of the Edo period.

Compared to the speed at which the Oda family swept the world like a gust of wind and raging waves, for Li Xiao now, it really feels like he doesn't want to wait any longer.

And now Noto's Raiders are quite looming.

"Report to the lord, Master Zhihong, who had sent Noto, has returned."

Li Xiao was worrying about Sado. Hearing that Zhihong came back, he met him right away.

Although he knew that Noto was in Nobunaga's strategy of Echizen, after Kitaomi succeeded, he would never agree to subdue the Takeda clan.

But when Li Xiao saw Zhihong who was beaten like a pig, he was still angry.

The Hatoyama clan treated their messengers in such a way that they had declared war nakedly.

Soon after, Li Xiao received the news that the Noto forces were preparing for the battle, and the Noto family leader Hatoyama Yoshiki granted the post of instructor to the Changxu company and decided to fight the Takeda family.

Notokoku’s strategy is mainly based on the defense of the country. With Jiancheng Nanao Castle as the center, three powerful retainers, Changxu successively sits in the big hand mouth of Nanao Castle, Onjing Jinglong sits in Gufu Valley, and Yuzuo Xuguang sits in Keluokou.

The rest of the retainers entered the city of Xiongmu, Fulai, Genshan, Susheng, and Mishan, and these Nanaocheng sub-cities were defended.

In order to resist the invasion of the Takeda Army, Noto Kuni mobilized 15,000 troops for the final battle.

ps: In the two battles of Nanao Castle in history, Notokuni also mobilized such a large military force to fight Uesugi Kenshin's 20,000 Echigo forces.

Compared with Noto country's full preparation for war, Takeda Army, Li Xiao also has only 6,000 troops in Suemori Castle, Mushu Castle, and 500 people from the Noto rich family who have just rebelled.

After summarizing the news from all quarters, the Takeda army was at a disadvantage. None of Li Xiao's family members were optimistic about the Noto strategy, and hoped that Li Xiao could retreat temporarily.

However, Li Xiaoli rejected all opinions. He insisted that the discord among the forces within Noto was just a mess, not enough to pose too much threat to himself.

While Li Xiao continued to cut Noto's sea and land traffic, he began to fight Noto.

On July 25th, Li Xiao led the main force from Canoe City and arrived at Suemori City, where he met with Hideharu Kano and Kinjin Tofei.

After that, Li Xiao divided his troops into two groups and led three thousand troops to send troops. The regiment surrounded Toyama Castle in Hakui County, and ordered the general Kano Hideharu and Yamamoto Kanzo led two thousand troops to monitor the castle of Chengne a few miles away.

On July 27th, Li Xiao called in three Flange machine guns and began bombarding Fushan City.

Under the shelling, the outer walls of Toyama City collapsed like mud and sand.

During the siege, the Hatayama family general Jia Fei sent troops to reinforce Toyama Castle that was attacked by Li Xiao.

However, Kai’s family’s reinforcements were blocked by Li Xiaojun’s Uchijima clan’s Ribe, while Neyama Castle’s defenders and Susheng Castle’s Lord Shichiro Suo’s surprise attack on Kano Hideji were all missed.

However, Toyama Castle was repelled by reinforcements and under the shelling of the Takeda Army, the morale of the defenders collapsed, but they insisted that the castle surrendered for half a day.

After Toyama Castle was breached, Li Xiao immediately threw all his troops into defeating Kai's family's reinforcements.

During the period when Toyama Castle was breached and Kai’s family’s reinforcements were hit hard, the eldest son of Changxu Company, Changzunren, and the third son, Chang Lianlong, led five thousand troops, but they were stationed on Shidong Mountain to watch on the wall, several miles away. Sit and watch the Hatyama Army being chased by the Takeda Army for several miles.

After the war was over, the long family army returned to Nanao City without sacrificing a single soldier.

For a while, Chang Xulian's move to sit back and watch the loss of his family's combat power was regarded as preserving strength, or as a conscious move, which chilled the heads of the Hatakeyama clan.

After the capture of Toyama Castle, Li Xiao turned around and surrounded Neyama Castle. After opening the gate with artillery, Neyama Castle was captured by Takeda Army after a fierce battle for half a day.

In just three days, Toyama Castle, Neyama Castle, the east barriers of these two Nanao Castles were all captured by the Takeda Army.

Shidong Mountain, located about one mile south of Nanao City, has been a great mountain of Xiugendao since ancient times.

In the Middle Ages, it was a place of encouragement for the Seven Northland Kingdoms, with more than 360 courtyards and more than 3,000 disciples.

After capturing Toyama City and the Second City of Genshan City, Li Xiao led his army to move the main formation to Dagongfang, one of the more than 360 courtyard squares.

Li Xiao led the side from the stone to move down the mountain, and peered at Nanao City in front of the enemy's formation.

I saw the vast sea of ​​Nanao Bay in the distance under the cloud of lead, with little island shadows looming, and the Hongshimatsu Shanghai boat shuttled through the sea like a fish. Looking to the right, the coastline of Toyama Bay stretched like a bow. Then there is the snow-capped Tateyama mountain range.

Such a majestic scenery is refreshing for a while.

It’s not in vain that Kenshin Uesugi wrote the famous poem written in the night of September 13th in the castle~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Usami Nami beside her said to Li Xiao: "Master, if you want to make a strategy, we are now The strength of the army is not rushed, and Nanao Castle is a strong city alongside Kasuga Mountain Castle.

"That's why the ministers suggested that the lord's attack on Noto should be based on the mind. The previous long-term company was worried about the strength of the army and refused to fight with our army. The attitude of the people in the Hatoyama family has been panic. The ministers are centrifugal. We can just consolidate our troops on this side. To deter Hatoyama’s family, they sent people to the cities of Noto to persuade the guards to rebel. I believe that as long as one person takes the lead, many city owners will inevitably respond to us. In this way, there is only an empty city in Nanao city area. US."

Li Xiao listened to Usami Nami's suggestion, nodded, and said: "Yes, this is the method of cutting the branches and leaves first, and then cutting the trunk. Just do it according to your wishes."

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